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"Yeah. We're cool." 

It doesn't seem like there's much more to say. He leans on Z and waits for the others to get back. 

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Meanwhile--

"I think, if I've understood this machine right, when I press this button he'll be out."

(Sasha's alive, Sasha's alive, Sasha's alive--)

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"Go ahead, I'll watch the door." 

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He presses it.

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The child inside the machine is very very small. 

He pulls his arms automatically to try to shield his eyes from the light, but he can't; his arms are attached to the sides of the cylinder with metal. So he shuts his eyes very very tightly.

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"It's okay," Asher says gently, "we're going to help you." He starts trying to figure out how to take the kid out.

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He moves toward the child, keeps half an eye on the door. "Do you speak English?" very soft. "Oder sprichst du Deutsch?" 

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The child is frightened. He makes a sad whimpering noise. 

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Asher murmurs soft reassuring words while he unlocks the kid.

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"We've got you," still very soft. 

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When the last cuff is unlocked the child falls forward like he's not used to bearing his own weight. 

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Asher moves forward hesitantly. "Do you want me to pick you up?"

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The child shakes his head, with a scared expression.

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"Can you walk on your own?" 

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The child shakes his head.

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"Do you want to take him or should I?" he says to Asher. 

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"I think you're generally the one who's more comforting to small children?"

Also, as far as Asher is aware, Marlo has never murdered children in any universe.

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"This is going to be scary, but we can't leave you here and we can't stay," he says to the child, very softly, and then scoops him up. 

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The child starts crying into Marlo's shoulder.

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"We're going to need a name for him that isn't 'Hitler.'"

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He has some experience with comforting crying children. "He can take the last name of whoever adopts him. Do you think he needs a new first name too?" 

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"'Adolf' is really, really associated with his original. We could call him that until he's calmed down enough to pick his own name."

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"Adam, maybe, if he doesn't have his own ideas." He's rubbing the child's back. 

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Having his back rubbed only makes the child cry harder.

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"Adam, it's going to be okay. We're not going to hurt you. --Did they tell you that we're bad?"

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